Inside Kanye West’s New York Apartment That Inspired His Yeezy Collection

Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 2 collection has been described many ways: “essentially unisex,” “dystopian,” “a lot like Spanx.” But for West, according to an interview in Vanity Fair, it simply came down to color—in particular, inspiration he drew from the modern, tonal apartments of architect Claudio Silvestrin. He describes it thusly: “. . . Stressing the importance of color, the importance of that to our sanity, these Zen, monochrome palettes,” he said. “I’ve stayed in a Claudio Silvestrin apartment since I was 26, and I love those types of palettes and that’s my opinion.” The 2,000-plus-square-foot, reportedly $4.5 million Claudio Silvestrin–designed Soho apartment is a restrained, modern architectural study featuring a wash of neutral hues, French limestone, and pearwood, as well as two large stone structures that serve as the main parts of the kitchen and bathroom, respectively. While the Kardashian family has been seen visiting the apartment in the past, it’s certainly not difficult to also imagine his army of Yeezy models in formation in the living room. Here, a look inside.